Himeko: Why Did Something I Solved with One Sentence Take Three Chapters?

"Rita, what's wrong?"

However, Otto, on the other end of the communicator, acted as though he had not seen the lightning around Raiden Mei and continued to urge her on.

"Carry out the order."

After Otto said that, the lightning around Raiden Mei grew even fiercer.

"Let's see who dares!"

What was more, the others aboard the Hyperion began making their own moves.

Bronya directed Project Bunny to hand the unconscious Yuno over to Kiana, whose combat ability was currently the lowest.

Yae Sakura, meanwhile, drew the Katana at her waist with a dangerous look in her eyes.

Under the gazes of those two, even Rita, who could now be considered one of Schicksal's strongest, felt like a sheep targeted by vicious wolves.

If she made the slightest move, these two girls radiating terrifying Honkai Energy might choose to perish with her here, even at the cost of their lives.

For a moment, Himeko Murata and Theresa Apocalypse, the two people in charge of the Hyperion, instead seemed like the most uninvolved bystanders on the entire deck.

"Sigh, forget it..."

With a soft sigh, Rita fell into a dilemma.

Fine, as things stood, they truly had not come up with a better solution.

If they did not tear apart the deck, everyone would die together.

If they did tear apart the deck, the Herrscher of Thunder would go berserk, and they probably would not fare well either.

How had things ended up like this...

"Everyone, calm down."

Theresa, biting her fingernail, immediately stepped between the two sides that were on the verge of drawing weapons.

"Rita, put away your weapon!"

"Theresa!"

Hearing his own granddaughter start undermining him again, Otto spoke with a hint of irritation.

"Be good. This is not the time to act on impulse!"

"No, Grandpa, I'm not acting on impulse."

Standing between the two groups, Theresa controlled the Iron Chain hidden within Oath of Judah, sending it stabbing toward Gu Yu like a venomous snake.

Then, just before the Iron Chain could strike Gu Yu, Theresa immediately drew it back to her side.

In that instant, the incomparably terrifying barrier appeared around Gu Yu once more.

As the barrier flashed into existence, the deck around Gu Yu became thinner.

Even those particularly bad at physics could tell from the deck's thickness that if something like that happened again, Gu Yu would fall straight from the sky when the deck vanished.

At that thought, the lightning around Raiden Mei nearly erupted on the spot.

This shorty was in league with that scythe woman from earlier!

"Wait! I have something to say!"

Seemingly sensing the killing intent around Raiden Mei, Theresa immediately spoke up to explain.

"I wasn't trying to harm this boy. I just meant that recklessly getting close to him could cause unnecessary consequences."

"That barrier appeared just now because Kiana approached him."

"Rita, if it were you, could you be sure you'd cut through the deck before that barrier took you away?"

After Theresa said that, everyone present calmed down.

Meanwhile, Otto, far away at Schicksal Headquarters, widened his eyes on the spot.

Everyone in Schicksal knew that his granddaughter was not exactly a high-IQ genius.

But why was she able to make such a precise analysis in an instant now???

Theresa hadn't been hacked, had she?

"Alright, I have an idea."

Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Himeko cleared her throat twice and looked toward Raiden Mei, whose expression was growing increasingly cold.

"Young lady, it seems you're planning to use the Power of the Herrscher to attack my somewhat thoughtless colleague, right? But even if you deal with her, you still won't solve this problem."

Pursing her lips, Himeko Murata looked at the still-unconscious Gu Yu and continued.

"Judging from your powers, you should be a Herrscher who controls electromagnetism. Then let me offer you a suggestion."

"With proper control, electromagnetic force can alter the structure and shape of metal. You only need to gather the Hyperion's deck together, separate it from the Hyperion, and make that piece of deck float in midair. That solves everything."

"This kid won't be knocked down, and we won't have to crash either—provided you can control the Power of the Herrscher without being corrupted by Honkai's consciousness, and then pull it off."

After hearing Himeko's words, Raiden Mei, who was gradually becoming more Herrscher-like, furrowed her brow and then nodded firmly.

"I understand. I'll give it a try!"

Then she opened her right hand, manipulating electromagnetic force to form a magnetic field around Gu Yu.

At the same time, under the control of electromagnetic force, the thin layer of deck around Gu Yu gradually gathered toward him before Raiden Mei used electromagnetic force to levitate it in midair.

"So... that's it?"

Seeing Raiden Mei resolve the problem so easily, Theresa quietly nudged Himeko Murata's waist.

"Himeko, I couldn't tell—you're quite the scholar."

"Of course. I got my doctorate at nineteen. How could I not understand physics that even high school students know?"

Upon receiving her subordinate's report that [Energy Has Stopped Draining], Himeko Murata let out a quiet sigh of relief.

"Next, we'll see how long it takes that brat to wake up. And Theresa, don't relax yet."

Casting a cold glance at Raiden Mei, Himeko Murata spoke softly.

"This isn't over."

"I know."

Seeing the increasingly strange expression on Raiden Mei's face, Theresa understood what her comrade meant.

Although the Hyperion no longer had to worry about being drained dry and crashing, a new problem had arisen.

If Raiden Mei failed to resist the erosion of the Honkai consciousness and fully transformed into a Herrscher hostile to humanity, things would become even more troublesome.

Theresa had never forgotten the terrible devastation caused by the Second Herrscher in the battle of 2000.

If this girl also became such a terrifying existence...

—Then everyone aboard this ship would be in danger.

In the dim space, Gu Yu slowly opened his eyes.

"Ah, I passed out again. It feels like I slept for days... Is that just my imagination?"

After muttering that complaint to himself, Gu Yu instantly leaped backward.

The next instant, a burst of black light bullets swept across the floor where Gu Yu had just been lying.

"Ah, you dodged? What a pity."

Before Gu Yu stood a man in a black cloak, casually resting a weapon on his shoulder.

"I was going to give you a quick death, boy."

"A quick death... That's?!"

The moment Gu Yu saw the weapon on the man's shoulder, he became instantly vigilant.

It was not a weapon he failed to recognize. On the contrary, Gu Yu was extremely familiar with it.

That weapon...

—Was precisely the armament he had used many times: the [Card Holder Sword]!

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